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15 I will no longer subject you to[a] the nations’ insults; no longer will you bear the shame of the peoples, and no longer will you bereave[b] your nation, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

16 The Lord’s message came to me: 17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior[c] and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:15 tn Heb “cause you to hear.”
  2. Ezekiel 36:15 tc The MT reads תַכְשִׁלִי (takhshiliy, “you will cause to stumble”), a Hiphil of כָּשַׁל (kashal, “to stumble”). This is a metathesis for תְשַׁכְּלִי (teshakkeliy), “you will deprive of children”), a Piel from the root שָׁכַל (shakhal), which is used in the previous verses.
  3. Ezekiel 36:17 tn Heb “way.”